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L. P. VLQBT. SEALNG GONTRVANCB.

No.' 545,395. Patented Aug. 27,1895.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent No. 54.5,39 5, dated August 27', 1895.

Application tiled [func 29, 1895. Serial No. 554,411. (No model.)

fo (1f/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS P. VALIQUET, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and Improved Sealing Contrivance, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a contrivance for sealing letters, papers, dce., with sealing-Wax,

ro and has for its main object to provide a handy,

cheap, and effective implement for this purpose, and one with which seals of perfect shape may be easily produced.

To these ends myinventon consists in ceri5 tain features of construction and combinations of devices, hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis zo a central vertical section on the line X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the contrivance. Fig. 3 is a front elevation, and Fig. d is aplan of the upper portion of the tubular post laid open to show the slot.

In the various views the same part will be found designated by the same numeral of reference.

l designates a base-plate having a ring or opening 2, .which may be circular, square, or

3o ot' other shape or form to receive the sealingivax as it is melted. The said ring or opening is preferably beveled from its upper edge outwardlymthat is to say, its diameter yis larger at the base of the ring, so that the plate l may be lifted from the envelope or paper after use Without liability of breaking the edge of the sealing-wax and destroying the shape of the seal. Y

On the base-plate in rear of the opening is 4o affixed a tubular post or stem 3, preferably cylindrical in crosssection, and said post is provided or formedwith a longitudinal slot e, .extending from its upper edge part Way down the post, with an oblique or cam slot 4|; in continuation of the slot e and with an additional longitudinal slot 6 in continuation of the cam-slot 5. Upon the post 3 is arranged a tubular slide 7, carrying at its lower end the seal 8,Which may be of any desired shape 5o or design 'and which may be detachably connected to said slide or carrier, so as to permit of interehangeability of seals, the faces of which may bear differentinitials, monograins, dac. The shank 9 of the seal may be held in the free end of a lateral arm l0 of the slide 55 by a set-screw ll. Interiorlyof the slide isa pin or projection l2, adapted to the slots 4, 5, and 6 in the post. A coil-spring I3 is adapted to press the slide 7 upwardly or to return it after depression. The spring may 5o be either inside or outside the post 'i'. In placing the slide upon the post the pin l2 first passes through the slot fl, compressing the spring slightly, and then the slide is partially rotated to carry the pin into the slot 5, Wherevupon the spring forces the pin up against the stop orinto the notch le on the post, when the hand is removed, and the slide is then locked or held in operative position. At this time the seal stands to one side of the ring or open- 7o ing 2, as shown by the dotted lines at Fig. 2, to facilitate the melting and dropping ot the Wax thereinto.

When the implement has been laid upon the envelope 0r paper to be sealed and the 75 ring has been partially filled with was, the l1ead,key, or finger-piece 15 at the upper end ot the slide is pressed down upon, whereupon the slide is partially rotated as Well as depressed; In this action the seal swings 8o aroundlaterally toward the vert-ical plane of the ring and also moves downwardly toward the horizontal plane thereof, and at about the end of this movement the seal has a movement substantially axially of the ring and presses squarely upon the soft Wax therein to compress the saine and cause it to conform accurately to the ring or holder and also to receive the impression ot' the face of the seal if it be out or made With an initial, monogram, 9o or other design. The automatic partial rotation of the seal referred to is eitected by the Ipin and cam 5, and the iinal rectilinear Inovement is obtained by the longitudinal slot G, in which the pin travels. After the impression has been made and the slide relieved ot' hand-pressure it rises under the action of the spring, and by means of the cam-slot 5 it is partially rotated again and the seal is swung laterally or to one side out of the Way of the roo ring or back to its normal position. It desired, the linger-piece or key l5 maybe swiveled to the slide by the pivot 16, as shown, tol

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a waXholder, a seal standing normally away therefrom, a fingerpicce connected to said seal, and means for directing the seal tothe Wax-holder upon depression of said finger-piece; substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a wax-holder, aseal standing normally away therefrom, a fingerpiece connected to said seal, and a cam for directing the seal to the wax-holder whenthe finger-piece is depressed; substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a wax-holder, aseal standing normally away therefrom, a fingerpiece connected thereto, means for directing the seal to the wax-holder when the fingerpiece is depressed, and a spring for returning the seal when the pressure on the finger-piece is relieved; substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of a wax-holder, a seal standing normally outof the plane thereof and connected to a slide or carrier, and means ward and over said wax-holder and guiding or directing it thereinto during the downward movement of said slide or carrier; substantially as set fort-h.

5. The combination of a wax-holder, a seal standing normally at one side thereof and attached to a slide or carrier, and a cam and pin for swinging said seal around simultaneously with the depression of the slide or carrier and causing it to move over and down to the wax; substantially as set forth.

G. The combination of the Wax-holder or ring, the slide, the post, and the cam and pin;

substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of a wax-holder or ring, a slide or carrier having a seal and a pin, a post having a earn slot, and a return spring; substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of a base-plate having a wax-holder or ring, and a hollow post provided with the continuous slots l 5 6, a slide having a pin and a seal, and a return spring; substantially as set forth.

9. The combination of a wax-holder, a cam, and a slide or carrier having a seal, a pin and a swiveled finger-piece; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 25th day of June, A. D. 1895.

LOUIS l. VALIQUET.

lVitnesses:

K. V. DONOVAN, WILLIS M. TYLER. 

